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Derby Dames Race for the Roses

May 2, 2026

Western Carolina Sailing Club, Anderson, SC

Welcome to the 4^th Running of WOW's Derby Dames Race for the Roses!

Shake out your sails, fortify your crew, dust off your best Kentucky Derby hat, and come join us for this budding event.
The roses are blooming. The ponies are running. The sails are filling.
Let’s go outside and play!

ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY: 

• The regatta is open to all sailboats. Entrants should pre-register online no later than Wednesday, April 29th on the event page of the WCSC website calendar. 

• Since this is a pursuit start race, we need to know before the day of the event what boats are racing in order to calculate a start time and have the competitors’ packets ready. 

• If a boat shows up to race without having pre-registered online by April 29th she will be allowed to race; however, she will be assigned the rating of the pre-registered boat that is next fastest to her. If a boat shows up that is faster than the fastest pre-registered boat, she will have 15 points subtracted from her PHRF rating and her delay times will be lengthened accordingly.

RULES: 

CLASSES AND FLEETS:

• Dinghy Class - boats 14 feet long or less: Examples include Sunfish, Force 5's, Lasers, Terras, Open Bics, and 420s.
o Three dinghies are needed to constitute a class.
o There will be one fleet, Dame at the helm, single or double handed.

• Distance Class - all other sailboats:
o There will be three fleets including All-Dames boats, Dame at the Helm, and Dame as Crew (any capacity from sail trimmer to drink mixologist to heavy-air rail equalizer).

• There will be two courses, both using government marks. 
• The Dinghy class will be given a shorter course and the Distance Class will be given a longer course.

FLEET INSTRUCTIONS:
• For All-Dames fleet, each racing sailboat must have a female at the helm and all female crew throughout the duration of the race.

• For Dame at the Helm fleet, each racing sailboat must have a female at the helm throughout the duration of the race. 

• For Dame as Crew fleet, each racing sailboat must have a female participating on the boat throughout the duration of the race. 

Where's the pre-registration button??? 

Scroll waaay down to "Number of People Who Will Attend"

Under that you will find some choices-

* Pre-register a boat to race: Select this if you are entering a boat to race. One party pass is included.

* Party Pass: Select this for your guests (and yourself if you are not enter a boat) who plan to stay for the party. This is so we know how much food (and how many mint juleps) we will need to prepare.